Its hard in fact to think of any other recent examples of movies that explore the complicated emotional lives of characters comically without stooping to adolescent silliness or that are willing to go to such dark places while remaining a comedy in the shakespearean sense alls well that ends well. But there you have it hollywood . In fact the film arrives shrouded in such a fog of expectation preconception anticipation and now with more post hillary bite gender bias that its hard to see or write about the movie for the trees. At one point in the movie the friends get together to celebrate shocker samanthas th birthday. Carrie sarah jessica parker miranda cynthia nixon charlotte kristin davis and samantha kim cattrall now in their s and s continue to navigate the choppy waters of urban life negotiating relationships work fertility and friendship only now the stakes are higher the risks are bigger and decisions feel more permanent. And when it does the movie handles them with surprising grace wit and maturity.